Today is my daughter’s 10th Birthday. And… I’m flat exhausted! Well, let’s be honest, Keri… you’re always exhausted. Kind of goes with the “I have five kids” territory. Two being in diapers, one in middle school and two in between. Parenting is busy! Amen!? I feel like I have 10 hands in 20 things at all times, but the problem is I only have two hands. It’s madness! You feel me!? And guess what I volunteered to do tonight? Host a party of 11 ten-year-old girls for a DIY birthday party. What ... VIEW POST
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Nurturing Individuality: What I Learned from “Dates” With My Kids
My heart is pounding as I type… in less than two hours the volume will be turned up much louder in my house and once again I won’t be able to hear myself think, so forgive me if this entry ends abruptly. What I’m saying is that my older three kids will return home from a three-day lake getaway with their cousins and grandparents, and the peace will break. I committed last week to a follow up story from “Date Your Kids” week in our house, and if there’s one thing I can’t stand, it’s not following ... VIEW POST
3 Things I Realized the Day My Son Stopped Needing Me
I had no idea it would happen so fast. They say the days are long and the years are short and I was starting to get it. It all began to hit me in the fall of 2015. Our then family of only five was about to take off on a trip of a lifetime to Disney World. I hadn’t been since my one and only trip at the age of fifteen and my husband once at thirteen. We couldn’t wait to see the kids faces when we walked into the Magic Kingdom. I could picture it; the awe, the amazement, the joy all over their ... VIEW POST
